Bottle-closure



F. H. SILVERTHORNE.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25. 1919.

1,390,549. ept- 13,1921.

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BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

To all whom it may concern Be jitiknown that IfFRAENK H. SILVER- THoRNE,a citizen of the United States and resident of New-York city, in thecounty of New York and State ofNew York,'have in- .vented certain newand useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures, of which the following is' aspecification.

The invention relates in general to a valvular pour outbottle closure ofthe type which includes a valve seat adapted to be aflixed to the bottleand a rotatably mounted ,valve for closing the bottle and for directingthe stream when the contents are poured from the bottle. This inventionconstitutes a continuation in part of the invention disclosed in mycopending application, Serial 'No. 216,154, filed February 9, 1918, andrelates to certain improvements in construction over the device shown inthe preceding application.

In the structure shown in the preceding application the ferrule orretaining ring 'which heldthe attachment to the bottle engaged aninflexible retaining ring within which the nozzlemember was mounted forrotary movement and acted therethrough to hold a cork washer in positionbetween the valve and its seat. In the commercial manufacture of thesedevices in large quantities difiiculty is experienced in obtaining thecork washers ofapproximately the same thickness. Where the washers areunusually thick and were installed in the previously disclosed device anundesirable amount of friction was introduced between the washer and thevalve seat, thus causing thevalve to work stiflly and under someconditions preventing the rotation of the same by ordinary manualefforts.

. .jAccordingly, one of the objects of the present disclosure is todesign a simple form of means for mounting the valve in rotary positionon its valve seat in such a manner asto permit theirequisite frictionalresistv ance to free rotary movement of the valve and at the sameetimepermit the use of-cork inserts or washers of the commercially varyingdifferences in diameter from the pre-' scribed thickness. Broadly, thisobject that t e reta n ng ernilewil hold. the spring Application filedAugust 25, 1919. Serial No. 319,783.

7 is-attained by substituting a spring ring for the inflexible retainingring in the prior disclosure, so.

Specification of Letters Patent. "Patented 192i ring and the spring ringwill in turnbear on the valvetox press the same resiliently intoengagement through the corkwasher with the valve seat. i

Incidental .to the" object simpli fying the construction disclosed inthe-prior structure,-the'invention has for a further desid-- eratum, theutilization of this spring ring for, the purpose of limiting the rotarymovement of the valve tof and from its openposition and to hold the ringagainst rotary movement. r

-.-This objectis attained by pressing a pair 7 formed in the valveseatmember Various other objects and advantages of the invention will bein part obvious from an inspection of the accompanying drawings and inpart will be more fully set forth in the following particulardescription of one of depressions into the spring. ring and ,5positioning one of the depressions inan arcuate'recess. in the valvememberand p0 sitioning the other; depression in a recess form'ofmechanism embodying myinvention and the invention alsoconsistsincertainnew and novel featuresof construction and combination of i forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1's a vertical sectional I axiallythrough a preferred embodiment of my invention shown attachedto theupper '80 parts hereinafter set' View taken portion of. a bottle neckand taken 'on the 1 broken away to show internal construction; I Fig.3is avlew n side. elevation of'a Fig. 2 is a plan view looking down uponI ,the device shown in Fig. 1 and with parts combined valve andnozzleelement shown in Fig. 1 and detached. from its coordinated parts;

- Fig. is a vertical view. the retaining ferrule ment; 1

Fig.6 is a ,dia'metrical sectional View of the spring retaining ring*taken'at right angles to the view shown in Fig. 1 toillus .trate thelugforming depression; and.

Fig. 7 is a 'plan view looking down upon the part shown-in Fig-6.

claims, parts will be-identified by specific In the followingdescription and in the Fig. 5 is a lat View of the amiss ele-' 1 namesfor convenience of expression-tut they are intended to be as generic intheir application to similar parts as the art will permit. i

The closure constituting the subject-matter of this invention isdesigned as an article of manufacture for attachment to any kind of abottle or other receptacle of suitable size and is arranged to be placedon top of the bottle and fastened thereto by any conventional ferrulefastening device. The upper portion of such a bottle is shownat 10 inFig. 1, positioned on top of which is a cork ring washerll constitutinga cushioning device between the attachment and the the washer.

bottle to prevent breakage when the parts are assembled'in a cappingmachine.

The washer is designed to'beplaced under suiiicient'pressure to forniatight seal between the attachment and the bottle. A. flanged zle seat isprovided with a circular liquid outlet opening 15' adjacent one sidethereof and with a relatively small air inlet opening 16 positioneddiametrically across the sur- 7 face from the opening 15, as shown inFig.

5. The underside of theair opening 16 is countersunk to provide arelatively short, wide spreading funnel shaped opening 17 designed tovprovide a free clearance to the air as it enters the bottle. Theportion of the air inlet directly above the funnel shaped opening is ofrelatively small diameter and constitutes a choked passageway 18 for theair just before it enters the bottle.

Revolubly' positioned on the nozzle seat is anozzle unit comprising anozzle 19 and a I ing a nozzle seatiand with an upstandmg fiat diskgasket 20 positioned between the underside of the nozzle and the bearingsurface 14 of the nozzle seat. The nozzle is provided with an invertedL-shaped liquid passageway 21 designed in one position of the nozzle toaline with the opening 15 to provide a liquid conduit from the interiorto the exterior of the bottle.

The passageway 21 is of substantially equal'cross-section throughout itslength and includes a relatively long liquid receiving portion22,-vertically disposed when the loottle is in upstanding position and arelatively short liquid dischargingportion 23, normally disposed inhorizontal position but which, when the bottle is tipped into pouringposition, will extend vertically so as to discharge the stream intotheink-well or other receptacle for receiving the discharged liquid. Thenozzle is also provided with a straight, air inlet passageway 24designed, when the passageway 21 is 'alined with the openinglfi, toaline with the air inlet opening 16. In this way when the nozzle is inposition permitting the discharge of the liquid through the'ope'n'conduit, an open air intake is provided by the passageway 2aliningwith the opening 16.

"Arsubstantially flat ring 25 formed of spring metal encircles thelower, enlarged body portion 26 of the nozzle and bears on a shoulder 27formed on the body portion. In

order to increasethespring of the, ring the V inner edge is bentupwardly as shown at 28,.

in Fig. 1. The ring is providedwitha two-part diametrically extendingdepression, the inner part 29 .of which constitutes a stop lug and fitsin an arcuate recess 30 formed in one side of the shoulder 27; Thisvgasket and the outer edge of the springring are confined within aretaining ring or ferrule 34:, the upper side of which is provided withan inwardly projecting flange 35. The flange laps the spring ring aboutthe same except at the depressed part and coacts therewith to hold thenozzle in rotary position relative to the nozzle seat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: V '7 J 1. A closure for abottle including a spring ring, a ferrule for securing said ring to thebottle. a rotary valvular construction for controlling the fiow from thebottle, said construction including a nozzle seat, a pouring nozzlerotatably mounted in said seat and ring. g

2. A valvular closure for a bottle includrim, said rim provided with. alocating reheld resiliently inplace by said spring cess, a nozzlerotatably mounted on said seat,

"a ring adapted to bear onsaid nozzle to hold the same in engagementwith its seat, said ring'provi'ded with a lug depending therefrom andfitted in said recess to prevent relative rotary movement anda ferruleinclosing said valve seat and engagingsaidring to secure the sanic'infixed position relative to the bottle. 731A valvular closure forfabottle including a nozzle seat and with an upstanding rim, said rimprovided with a locating recess, a nozzle rotatably mountedon said seat,a ring adapted to bear on said nozzle to hold the same in engagementwith'its seat, said ring provided with a lug depending therefrom andfitted in said recess to prevent relative rotary movement," said ringprovided with a second lug engaging thenozzle to limit rotary movementthereof and a ferrule inclosing said valve seat and engaging said ringto secure the same in fixed position relative to the bottle. 1

4. A valvular closure for a bottle including a nozzle seat having anupstanding rim provided with a locating recess, a nozzle fitted withinsaid rim for rotary movement and provided with a limiting recess, aretaining ring positioned on said rim, provided with means fitted insaid recess, to prevent rotary movement, engaging said nozzle to preventan unseating movement thereof and provided with means engaging in saidlimiting recess to limit the rotary movement of the nozzle. 1

5. A valvular closure for a bottle including a nozzle seat, a nozzlemounted forrotary movement relative to said seat, a gasket ofcompressible material positioned between the nozzle and its seat,resilient means for compressing the gasket between the nozzle and itsseat and means for securing the closure to a bottle.

6.- A valvular closure for a bottle including a nozzle seat, a nozzlemounted for rotary movement relative to said seat, a gasket ofcompressible material positioned between the nozzle and its seat, aresilient ring bearing on the nozzle tocompress the gasket and means'for securing the resilient ring in place. i

7. An attachment designed to be afiixed to a bottle and including ametallic retaining ring, a valve seat, a valve mounted for rotarymovement on said seat, said valve including a base portion rotatablymounted within said ring and held to the seat thereby, and an upper partextendingjabove the ring and means for securing the valve, its seat andretaining ring in position on the bottle.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination of a valve seat,a valve rotatably mounted thereon, a retaining ring provided with meansfor locating the same in fixed position relative to the valve seat and.operatively engaging the valve to limit ltS rotary movement. v

9. In a device of the class described, the combination of a valve seat,a valve rotatably mounted thereon, aretaining ring provided with meansfor locating the same in fixed. position relative to the valve seat andoperatively engaging the valve to limit its rotary movement and bearingon said valve to hold the same in frictional engagement with its seat.

10. In a device ofthe class described, the combination of a valve seat,a valve rotatably mounted thereon, a retaining ring provided with meansfor locating the same in fixed position relative to the valve seat andoperatively engaging the valve to limit its rotary movement and bearingon said valve to hold the same in frictional engagement with its seatand a metal ferrule for fastening the valve seat and the valve to thebottle,

said ferrule provided with means 'for securing the retaining ring inplace.

11. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bottle, awasher positioned thereon, a valve seat positioned on the washer andprovided with an upstanding rim, a valve fitted for rotary movement insaid seat, a retaining ring positioned on said rim and engaging saidvalve to force the same toward said seat and a ferrule engaging theouter side of said washer, said rim and said retaining ring to securethe same to the bottle, said ferrule having an inwardly extending'flangelapping the outer edge of the retainin ring;

Signed at ew York city, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 21st day of August, A. D. 1919.

